Abstract

This paper reports on three patients who presented clinical and laboratory evidence suggesting acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, each of whom was found to have polyarteritic lesions.

CASE REPORTS

CASE 1

R. M.: This 21-year-old Negro man was admitted on April 2, 1963. He had been well until 3 weeks previously when he had a severe sore throat that lasted for 1 week and cleared without treatment. One week before entry he noted swelling and pain about several joints, lasting for 2 or 3 days, and 4 days before admission he experienced lower abdominal pain, anorexia, nausea, and vomiting. The next day